FC5 fails on HP Proliant ML110

[Alexandru Ciobanu]

> Hi All,
>
> I'm trying to load FC5 on an HP Proliant ML110.  The installation seems
> to work fine until it tries to re-boot ready for the second stage of the
> installation stuff (users, timezone, etc).  It simply says:
>
>    GRUB Loading state2..
>
> and sits there permanently.  I have tried booting from the FC5 rescue CD,
> which works just fine, and everything looks normal.  The HP has two SATA
> 80Gb drives, and the installation process loaded the SMP kernel although
> hyperthreading is turned off in the BIOS.
>
> Any ideas how to move forward ?
>
Try to start the initial boot with the following boot params: noprobe
noapic noapci.

Worked on my Proliant ML350.